BAGHDAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting Iraqi families returning to their homes in Garma city in Anbar province, providing over 185 families (925 people) with family food parcels to help them as they rebuild their shattered lives.
“Families returning Garma are facing great challenges; much of the city’s infrastructure has been destroyed, while many homes and shops have been burnt during the fighting between Iraqi security forces and militants. WFP and its local partner are working hard to provide the returning families with the necessary life-saving food assistance they need,” said WFP Representative and Country Director in Iraq Jane Pearce.
WFP and its local partner are the first humanitarian organisations able to reach Garma returnees with emergency food assistance after the security situation had made it inaccessible over the past year. The UN food agency aims to provide food assistance for a total of 800 returning families for three months. Each WFP food parcel feeds a family of five for one month and contains essential items such as rice, cooking oil, wheat flour, lentils, pasta and salt.……
